I just finshed a very delicious turkey, cream cheese, and lingonberry jam sandwich , on a bakery hoagie that took me all of 1 minute to make.
As I sit here licking my fingers, I’m reminded of a trip to Spain I took a few years ago, and the ubiquitous ham sandwiches they had all over the place - a simple baguette, with some type of delicious cured ham and a slice of some kind of mellow, white cheese. They had them all over the place - at airports, at cafes, in the hotel banquet. And they were universally yummy wherever I got them.
Any simple sandwiches that hit the spot for you all?
Cream cheese! I never think of cream cheese for sandwiches!
Thin sliced roast beef (DiLusso Prime is best) on dill rye bread with sour cream and if you can get them, alfalfa sprouts. Maybe not all that simple, but it’s sure not complicated. There was a sandwich place in Seattle, I think up on 5th Avenue, that had special sandwiches all the time. The roast beef was one – I never would have thought of it myself.
My other favorite is grilled cheese – cheese and mayo on Texas toast (thick-sliced bread).
Do tea sandwiches count? I LOVE pumpernickel bread with a smear of salmon cream cheese, a thinly sliced English cucumber and a sprinkling of fresh dill over the top.
And…while I’m at it, wasn’t another thread spouting the glory of a grilled pimento cheese sandwich, too? Those are the best!
Now that I’ve talked about both of those, I need to run to the store…be right back!
When I can pick up some nice tomatoes from the farmer’s market, I like a good tomato sandwich. Tomato, a touch of mayo, and maybe some alfalfa sprouts on toasted bread. But I’m a tomato freak.
A well-made BLT is a work of art. Getting the bacon just crispy enough, using high-quality tomatoes, crunchy lettuce with just the right amount of mayo…drool. Sourdough bread, one condiment (plus pepper), 3 ingredients.
Oh, cream cheese can make some awesome sandwiches. Cream cheese and banana peppers, with your choice of meat (or none at all), on a nice fluffy kaiser roll. Cream cheese, cucumber and turkey, with whole-seed mustard on Irish soda bread. And if you want to get breakfast-y, cream cheese, dill and eggs on the yeasty breakfast conveyance of your choice (bagel, toast, english muffin).
When I have good tomatoes in season most of them are devoured sliced on toast with some cracked pepper and a little bit of salt.
I made some great venison steak sandwiches last night - Venison in a cumin, chili, soy and fish sauce marinade fried medium rare between buttered toast with some fresh celery on the side.
The Jimbo: Bagel with cream cheese and avocado, liberally garnished with crushed cashews. Onion slice and lettuce leaf to taste… Avocado and cashew are as perfect a combination as cheese and tomato!
Roast beef drizzled with balsamic vinegar and black pepper, with sharp cheddar and/or sliced homegrown tomato. A toasted multi-grain kaiser is my choice of covering.
Boy howdy. I had a few BLTs in my life at diners and bakeries and didn’t see what all the fuss was about. Then last summer I made one with a tomato warm from the vine and garden lettuce and premium bacon, and holy shit, it ranked among the best foods I’ve ever eaten. We ate a lot more of them before the tomatoes gave out, and they’re one of the main things I’m looking forward to in this year’s garden.
I was going to say grilled cheese, too. I’ve perfected my grilled cheese technique so they come out perfectly toasted and melted (I use cheddar for mine - I find processed cheese too bland). The cheese and toast blend together for such a tasty flavour.
The BLAT, of course: bacon, lettuce, avocado & tomato. Toasted crusty bakery bread - I like honey whole wheat - think smear of mayo and center cut bacon. Delicious.
